The Dangers in My Heart

The Dangers in My Heart
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Norio Sakurai. It started serialization in Weekly Shōnen Champion in March 2018 and was moved to Champion Cross, before being moved again to Manga Cross. It has been published in eight tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Shin-Ei Animation aired from April to June 2023. A second season is set to premiere in January 2024.
By September 2023, the manga has over 3 million copies in circulation.
Premise
Kyotaro Ichikawa is a disgruntled loner student who fantasizes about murdering his popular classmates, often reading a murder encyclopedia and learning about human anatomy, with the beautiful class idol, Anna Yamada, being his prime target. However, when he observes that Anna is rather quirky in her own way, and when she becomes increasingly friendly towards Kyotaro, he gradually warms up to her and they start to become closer.
Characters
A middle school boy who has chuunibyou tendencies. He loves spending time reading books in the library, where he and Anna first met. Initially, Kyotaro had delusions of killing Anna and making her corpse his alone, but they were replaced by romantic affection as he spends more time around her. He can be quite perceptive in social situations but often fails to pick up on other social problems due to his lack of communication skills and low self-esteem. Aside from his macabre interests, he's also a fan of manga and anime, as Baki, Beastars and Re:Zero, in the latter case he keeps the character Rem as the profile image for his Line account. Prior to middle school, he won a number of first-place awards for essays, a poster drawing, an independent research project, etc.
A tall middle school girl who is a magazine model and actress. She is very popular with both boys and girls but has a clumsy side to her. Anna frequently brings snacks and candy to eat in private at the library, much to Kyotaro's dismay. She’s very considerate of others, such as eating snacks by herself due to her friend Chii having allergies. This consideration is tied to something of a guilt complex, which leads to bouts of anxiety where she feels she’s inconvenienced other people to the point of tears. She is also shown to be very jealous to the point of obsession whenever Kyotaro interacts with other girls.
Anna's childhood friend who acts as her tsukkomi (straight man). Anna calls her as , Sekine calls her as . In Kyotaro's mind, she's Anna's "boyfriend" due to how tactile they are. She's a member of the basketball club. She's oblivious to the relationships of the people around her, even not realizing that she was once used as bait by Haruya to get closer to Anna until Moeko and Serina point it out to her.
Anna's friend who is a gyaru. Calls herself . Despite Kyotaro's belief that she is stupid, she is actually academically capable, once scoring fifth in her entire grade. She claims to be a Manga fan while only naming more famous series during the work-study field trip. While exchanging LINE with Kyotaro, she recognizes his profile icon as Rem from Re:Zero and prefers Rem's sister Ram. Moeko is also socially adept, often saving Anna and Kyotaro from embarrassing situations. However, her closeness to Kyotaro also means that Moeko is a target of Anna's jealousy.
Anna's reserved friend with a sharp gaze. Anna calls her as . She's interested in dancing, hair styling, and is a big fan of delinquent manga such Crows and Worst She has a neutral opinion of Kyotaro but also sees him as unreliable. She attended the same elementary school as Rin.
Kyotaro's classmate, who always blurts out perverted thoughts. He reveals to Kyotaro that he seriously falls in love with Anna, and this rivalry culminated during the sports festival in their third year. Despite Kyotaro's defeat, Adachi yielded to Kyotaro and remains his friend.
Kyotaro's classmate, part of the perverted trio with Adachi and Ōta, and the baseball club. He's known for having proud yet strange fetishes, such as for chubby or bad-smelling women. Despite this, he's viewed favorably for being nice otherwise. He is romantically interested in Hara, who eventually reciprocates his feelings and goes out with him outside of school.
Kyotaro's classmate, who is overweight. He is part of the perverted trio along with Kanzaki and Adachi.
Anna and Kyotaro's classmate. A chubby girl who is interested in Kanzaki and eventually starts dating him. She is the first person to find out about Anna and Kyotaro's romantic interest in each other.
Kyotaro's elder sister, a musician and a university student at Waseda University. She approves of her brother's relationship and is very close to Anna. She is shown to be sensitive when it comes to her own non-existent love story.
An upperclassman one year above the main cast. He is nicknamed "Nanpai" (Senpai Pick-Up Artist) by Kyotaro because of his persistence in getting closer to Anna. However, during his graduation, he revealed that he was seriously in love with Anna.
.A student and friend of Serina from elementary school. She accidentally hit Anna with a basketball once in her second year, angering Serina. She later apologizes to Anna. She joins Anna and Kyotaro as their classmate in their 3rd year.
Class 2-3's homeroom teacher and a PE teacher.
Haruya's childhood friend and classmate, who is interested in him.
She appears at first to be strict in public due to Anna's behaviour, but is an overall nice woman who dotes on her daughter at home and approves of Anna's crush on Kyotaro.
Anna's father. A tall, quiet man who works as a french chef. He plays video games when off work.
Anna and Kyotaro's classmate during their final year. She is a tall and beautiful girl with blonde hair. Her classmates see her as a cool beauty, but in truth, she also has a cute and clumsy side, just like Anna. She is close friends with Kanna.
Nickname . Anna and Kyotaro's classmate during their final year. She always wears a black mask and twin tails. Kanna is greatly interested in others' love lives to the point of throwing a flash mob for a new couple, despite their embarrassment.
Anna's 19-year-old model colleague, who is also her stalker. She always laments the distance between her and Anna and thus strives to get more information from Anna's friends, much to Kyotaro's dismay. She owns a summer house in Kamakura, Kanagawa as a means to reduce her tax payment.
Class 3-1's homeroom teacher and also PE teacher. Kyotaro sees her as a typical annoying PE teacher with an overly competitive side to her.
Media
Manga
The series is written and illustrated by Norio Sakurai. It started serialization in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine on March 8, 2018. On April 10, 2018, the series was transferred to the Champion Cross manga website. On July 10, 2018, Akita Shoten merged Champion Cross with their newly created manga website, Manga Cross. When the websites merged, it was transferred to Manga Cross. As of March 2023, eight volumes have been released.
In December 2020, Seven Seas Entertainment announced they licensed the series for English publication. The series is also licensed by Tong Li Publishing in Taiwan.
Individual chapters of the series are called kartes.
Volumes
Anime
In August 2022, it was announced that the series is receiving an anime television series adaptation. The series is produced by Shin-Ei Animation and directed by Hiroaki Akagi, with scripts written by Jukki Hanada, character designs handled by Masato Katsumata, and music composed by Kensuke Ushio. It aired from April 2 to June 18, 2023, on TV Asahi's block. The opening theme song is by Yorushika, while the ending theme song is by Kohana Lam. At Anime NYC 2022, Sentai Filmworks announced that they licensed the series, and will be streaming it on Hidive. Plus Media Networks Asia to carried the anime in Southeast Asia, to be premiered on Aniplus Asia.
A second season was announced after the airing of the twelfth episode. It is set to premiere in January 2024 on the same programming block.
Episodes
Reception
In 2019, the series ranked fourth in the Next Manga Awards in the web manga category. In 2020, the series ranked first in the same category. The series ranked third in the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook. It also ranked fourth in the fourth Tsutaya Comic Awards. It ranked thirteenth in Japanese bookstore Honya Club's employee recommendations. It was also nominated for the Manga Taishō in 2020. It ranked fourth in a 2020 poll asking people what manga they most wanted to see adapted into an anime. It ranked first in the same poll in 2021.
In June 2023, TV Asahi announced during their end-of-year fiscal results that the anime adaptation has recorded the highest global sales for an anime program in the NUMAnimation programming block.
By September 2023, the manga has over 3 million copies in circulation.
See also
Mitsudomoe, another manga series by the same author
Notes
References
External links
The Dangers in My Heart official manga website at Manga Cross
The Dangers in My Heart official anime website
2023 anime television series debuts
Akita Shoten manga
Anime series based on manga
Avex Group
Japanese webcomics
NUMAnimation
Romantic comedy anime and manga
Sentai Filmworks
Seven Seas Entertainment titles
Shin-Ei Animation
Shōnen manga
Slice of life anime and manga
Upcoming anime television series
Webcomics in print